Sweden's Fredrik Jacobson secured his maiden Tour victory after six second-place finishes by winning the Hong Kong Open by two shots at Fanling yesterday.

A five-under-par final round of 64 put Jacobson 16-under for the event, co-sanctioned by the European and Asian Tours. Argentina's Jorge Berendt and Sweden's Fredrik Nystrom, with three closing birdies, tied for second place at 14-under.

Welshman Stephen Dodd, Scotland's Gary Orr and Denmark's Soren Kjeldsen finished tied for fourth place at 13-under.

Jacobson, who lost a play-off to Argentina's Eduardo Romero for the Scottish Open title earlier this year, started the day a stroke behind the three overnight leaders, which included Dodd and Berendt.

A birdie at the seventh put the 28-year-old level with Dodd. A birdie followed at the ninth, then a bogey at the 11th before another birdie helped him regain a share of the lead.

Dodd then handed his Swedish rival the outright lead when he missed a three-foot putt for par at the 15th and from there on Jacobson was never headed.

"I felt fine out there and it is one of the few times I didn't look at any leaderboards," said Jacobson, who commenced his career on the European Tour in 1995. His victory in Hong Kong lifts him to second place on the 2003 European Tour order of merit behind Padraig Harrington who claimed last week's season opening Asian Open in Taiwan.

England's Nick Faldo carded a closing round of 67 and heads to Melbourne for next week's Australian Masters happy with his form. A last hole double bogey blotted the copybook to leave Faldo on 10-under.

"Overall it's been a very good week to pack in the suitcase and take to Melbourne," he said. "I am very pleased with my swing, my putting and everything is good but we'll just have to wait and see what the slippery slopes of Melbourne are like and if they are running at 18 on the meter. I've played a few Australian Opens of late but it's a long time since I contested."